Shoe-polishing device.



C. ROSEN.

SHOE POLISHING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.22, 1915.

Patented 001;. 12, 1915.

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SHOE-POLISHING DEVICE.

Application f eaa in 22, 1815, I Seria11 \Io..23,96

To all whom it may concern .x

Be it known that I, CARL Rosninacitizen of the United'States, residingat Chicago,

in the county of Cookand Stateof Illinois, have invented new and usefulImprovement in Shoe-Polishing Devices, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of my invention is to provide. a device or implement forpolishing the dressing on shoes and boots, which shall be adapted to befolded into small vvcompass for convenience in carrying it, particularlyin a hand-bag, suit-case and the like, to render it readily available byusers away from home or while traveling, and which shall be of simple,construction well adapting it for its purpose. I y

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l is a View of the device in sideelevation Fig. 21s a broken plan view of the same; Fig. 3 shows thedevice in its folded condition without the polishing cloth; Fig. 4 is anenlarged section of apportion of the device on line 4, Fig. 2, and Fig.5 is a similar section on line 5, Fig. 2. f I

The device comprises a frame 6. formed of hinged sections, preferably,for the sake of lightness, durability and cheapness of construction, ofstrong and somewhat resilient wire. The wire forming the section 7,which is shown to be the longer, is loosely fastened at its ends abouta. headedpintle 8, whence it expands, as shown, toward its outer, closedend and curves downwardly. Near the outer end, this section carriesrigidly a bar 9,; and it also carries a sliding ferrule 10. Therelatively shortersection I is of the same shape as the companion-1section and carries rigidly a bar 9 spaced from the closed end, as inthe case ofthe section 7 but the inner ends of the wire are coiled aboutthe pintle to abut against the respectively adjacent ends of the,section 7 and are extended as straight tongues 13. A handle-carryingwire 14, doubled upon it self in parallel lengths, is coiled at its endsabout the pintle in a manner torotatably or loosely confine these coilsbetween those on the ends of the section 7 4; and these ends areextended, like those of the last-named section, as straight tongues 14*.The wire 14L extends from the pintle in approximately inverted Z-shapeto enter, at its.outer end, a suitable handle 15, which is therebysecured to the section 7, and extends length I wise and centrally overthe latter and at a 11in STATES PATENT OFFICE.

convenient angle, when the device is" in its distended, or :UIifQldeCloperative condition represented in FigsQl and 2." strip 16, ofsuitablepolishing material, suchas flannel or other desired material, isremovably fastened on the frame by passing the endportionsof the stripdownwardly about the respective bars 9., 9 and thenceunderneath andabout the closed end ofthe respective frame-section, as clearlyrepresentedof the end of the device illustrated in Fig. 4;. i

With the polishing strip thus attached in the folded condition of theframe represented in F ,3, (to unfoldthe latteriand reduce it to itsoperative condition, thetwo endwise-hinged frame-sections are turned onthe pintle .8 to extend in opposite directions therefrom, whereby the"tongues, 13 and 14 are brought into parallel relation with each other.This may best be done by confining the frame, after distending it, withthe strip 16 bearingupon a flatsurface, such as. a table, and pressingdownwardly on the handle until the tongues assume thedesired parallelrelation; when the ferrule 10 is slipped over the tongues and holdstheframe-sections securely in their unfolded position. The strip 16 isthereby also stretched into the condition of tautness necessary to adaptit to properly perform its polishing or shining function, whichoperation the user may perform with facility, and without uncomfortablestooping, by holding the device atits handle and rubbing the strip 16'over a shoe or boot on his foot. Should the poli h s ip be insu cient ystretched, it may be readily tautened by pulhng inwardly on either end,particularly when the device is collapsed or in folded condition; andthe strip may be easily and quickly taken off and replaced by another,especially in the folded condition of the frame, by merely pulling itsends out of their described confining means.

As will be seen,.upon withdrawing the ferrule from the tongues, tounlock the frame-sections, the device collapses and may be folded intothe compact condition of the frame represented in Fig. 3, in which itwill retain the strip 16 in place to be distended by unfolding theframe-sections. The strip is omitted from the last-named figure to avoidconfusion in the View.

I realize that considerable variation is possible in the details ofconstruction thus specifically shown and described, and I do not intendby illustrating a single, specific or preferred embodiment of myinvention to be limited thereto; my intention being t in the followingclaims toclaim protection uponall the novelty there may be in my in-;

vention as broadly as the state of the art will permit;

What I claim as new and desire to secure 7 by Letters Patent is 15Apolishing'dev ce'of' the character described, 'comprisinga folding frameformed \of sections hinged endwise together and provided with means forreleasablysecuring themv in their unfolded and distended operativeposition, and, a polishing-strip fastened to extend between the outerframe-v ends out 'of contact'with' the frame between said ends in thedistended, operative conditionof the device;

2. A polishing device of the character de scribed, comprising a foldingframe formed I jof'sections having. a hinge-pmtle connecting themendwisetogether, a handle carried by said pintle, means forreleasablysecuring the sections in their unfolded and distendedoperative position, and a polishing-strip fastened to extend between theouter frame- 4. 'A polishing device of the character scribed, comprisinga folding frame formed of curved sections. hinged endwise together andprovided with means forrelea-sably securing them their unfoldeddistended operative position, and bars extending across the sectionsnear their outer ends andforming with the latter fastening means for theends of a polishing-strip.

5. "A polishing device of the character described, comprising a foldingframe formed of sections composedof wire, a pintle to which the ends ofone section are fastened andabout which the ends ofthe companionsectionare coiled and extended in tongues, a ferrule adj'ustably supported onsaid firstnamed section to releasably engage said tongues, and apolishing strip fastened to extend'b'etween the outer frame-ends.

6. A polishing device'of theicharacter described, comprising a foldingframe formed of sections composed] of wire,- a pintle to which the endsof one section are fastened andabout which the ends of the companionsection are coiled and extended in tongues, a bent handle-stem havingends" coiled about the pintle and extended in tongues, a handle on saidstem, a ferrule adjustably supported on'said first-named section toreleasably en'-v gage said tongues, and a polishingstrip fastened toextend between the outer frameends. I

7. A polishing deviceof the character described, comprising a foldingframe of wire formed of sections'expanding and curved toward the outerframe-ends, a pmtle connecting said sectlons at their lnner ends,

Imeans' for releasably securing said sections in their unfolded anddistended operative position, and bars extending across theframe-sections neartheir outer ends and forming with the latter'meansfor releasably fastening at its ends abolishing-strip.

CARL ROSEN.

In presence ofr A. C. FIscHER,

D. C. THoRsEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for'five cents each, byaddressingthe Commissioner of Patents Washington, D. 0.",

